"PASSAGES: On Morrison" with Sara McCrea | Podcast Trailer and Analysis

About this episode

Sara McCrea discusses the trailer for the podcast PASSAGES: On Morrison, which explores Toni Morrison's work through community conversations.

Sara McCrea, podcast specialist at Random House Publishing Group, is our guest host. She brings us the trailer for PASSAGES: On Morrison. Discover a new show PASSAGES: On Morrison is a podcast that takes reading on the road. Join Namwali Serpell, novelist, critic, and Harvard professor, as she joins fellow writers and skilled readers in conversation to pore over excerpts of Toni Morrison’s prose. Recorded throughout the book tour for ON MORRISON —Serpell’s electrifying, critical examination of Morrison’s writing—each episode welcomes listeners into rooms full of readers and discussions of how Morrison made her words sing. This show is the record of a traveling salon, a celebration of Morrison’s extraordinary work, and a love letter to reading closely in community. Learn from this trailer build Sara breaks down the process of making this show on the road. And then, the process behind making the trailer for it -- a complicated endeavor because the show was recorded almost entirely outside of a studio. About Trailer Park: Trailer Park: The Podcast Trailer Podcast wants to help you discover new podcasts. We share trailers for podcasts of shows that have been long-running, never made…

People in this episode

Host: Arielle Nissenblatt

Guest: Sara McCrea

Topics covered

• podcast trailers
• literature
• Toni Morrison
• reading
• community discussions
• podcast production

Keywords

• podcast
• trailer
• Toni Morrison
• literature
• community
• reading
• Namwali Serpell
• Sara McCrea

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Random House Publishing Group

Books & works: ON MORRISON, PASSAGES: On Morrison

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